Winter storm s grip doesn t stop ministries, outreach in Dallas Diocese On: 2/18/2021, By Michael Gresham, , In: Nation .Ice and snow blanket Dallas Feb. 15, 2021, leading to hazardous travel conditions and numerous power outages. (CNS photo/Jose S. Martinez via cathdal.org) .St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney, Texas, in the Diocese of Dallas is seen Feb. 17, 2021. (CNS photo/Kevin Bartram via cathdal.org)
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DALLAS (CNS) Despite the grip the historic winter storm had on north Texas, faith fueled outreach to Catholics and other community members in the Diocese of Dallas.
Winter storm’s grip doesn’t stop ministries, outreach in Dallas Diocese
Ice and snow blanket Dallas Feb. 15, 2021, leading to hazardous travel conditions and numerous power outages. (CNS photo/Jose S. Martinez via cathdal.org)
By Michael Gresham • Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021
DALLAS (CNS) Despite the grip the historic winter storm had on north Texas, faith fueled outreach to Catholics and other community members in the Diocese of Dallas.
“It’s an opportunity for us to provide to our parishioners in any way we can,” Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns said. “We recognize that we have to do church differently these days.”
The coronavirus pandemic, protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Blue Ridge fire, lockdowns, and the closing of schools rocked the Chino Valley and the rest of the nation during this extraordinary year.
The devastation was matched by the goodness of residents who helped school children cope with social isolation, collected food and items for those hit hardest by the pandemic, and rallied around frontline healthcare workers.
Barely had the year begun when the coronavirus pandemic originating in Wuhan, China spread across the globe resulting in 334,000 deaths in the United States by the end of the year.
There were 11 deaths in Chino Hills and 70 in Chino, with 26 of those at the California Institution for Men in Chino and one at the California Institution for Women.